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Teresa Catry

@teresacatry.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, University of Lisbon #Ornithology #Migration #Conservation #TrophicNetworks #MovementEcology

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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Associations of waterbirds with harvesting and ploughing events in rice fields: increasing foraging opportunities or just gathering for the feast? doi.org/10.1007/s004... #BirdRice @ednacorreia.bsky.social @jpgranadeiro.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fully funded PhD position working with waterbirds and seed dispersal!
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ednacorreia.bsky.social @ednacorreia.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
📢 New paper! Steeple Jason Island now holds the largest known breeding colony of the Falkland skua, overtaking New Island after contrasting population trends over the last decade Our findings highlight the importance of monitoring multiple colonies doi.org/10.1007/s00300-026-03513-x #ornithology
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
the correct link for the article here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Conflict or coexistence? Rice farmers’ perceptions of services and disservices provided by waterbirds and the challenges of conflict mitigation - European Journal of Wildlife Research
Rice fields are increasingly vital habitats for waterbirds due to global wetland loss, but this is often in conflict with agricultural interests. Farmers generally see waterbirds as a source of crop d...
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Conflict or Coexistence? We adress rice farmer's perceptions, concerns and priorities regarding the crescent number of #waterbirds using rice fields. #conservation 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @joaopaulino @jpgranadeiro.bsky.social @ananuno.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
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CIÊNCIAS ULisboa @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🔗Leia a notícia completa aqui: t.ly/c5hee 📷Unsplash
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Do mar à terra, passando pelos céus: Como as tempestades afetam a vida selvagem
Perceber como os animais selvagens lidam com estas catástrofes poderá ajudar-nos a refletir sobre a forma como a nossa espécie com elas lida e até a encontrar inspiração para possíveis soluções, em pa...
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Birds on the Move @birdsmove.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
📢📢PhD opportunity! We are looking for enthusiastic researchers to develop a project looking at the ontogeny of migratory behaviour! Deadline for expression of interest: 8 February 2026 👉Check details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wow2... #migration #ornithology #GPStracking
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Murmurations of....Glossy ibis!!! Happy new year! #ornithology @ednacorreia.bsky.social
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Postponed deadline until the end of December! #ornithology #PhD
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International Wader Study Group @waderstudy.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The importance of waders for seed dispersal in a rapidly changing world NEW PERSPECTIVE by Green and Lovas-Kiss www.waderstudygroup.org/article/19803/ #ornithology #waders #shorebirds #OpenAccess
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Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
In case you missed this big news! The entire corpus of Birds of the World is now available in Portuguese! We hope Portuguese-speakers worldwide will find this useful! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/por...
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Birds of the World - Birds of the World adds Portuguese to growing language offerings
Language should never be a barrier to learning about birds. When we launched automatic translations into Spanish, the number of logged in users from Central and South America more than doubled — and w...
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Interested in bird ecology and rice landscapes? We’re inviting expressions of interest from candidates keen to develop a PhD project within the scope of the BirdRice project. Check for the complete details below, and get in touch until the 21st of November! 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1Koy8...
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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🏖️ The birds of Europe.. London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author, 1837.. [Source]
Illustration of a European Roller bird perched on a branch with pale green leaves. The bird features vibrant turquoise-blue plumage on its head, chest, and tail, with rich brown and deep blue feathers on its wings. The background is plain, highlighting the bird’s detailed coloration and delicate stance. The image, from an 1837 publication, showcases the Roller’s distinctive bright colors and sleek body, associated with beach and coastal habitats in Europe.
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
@ednacorreia.bsky.social @jpgranadeiro.bsky.social @jsgutierrez.bsky.social @inescatry.bsky.social @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social @ananuno.bsky.social
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Extremelly happy that our project BirdRice was approved for funding! We will keep studying the relationships between #waterbirds and #ricefields while trying to solve human-wildlife conflicts. #ornithology #tracking #connectivity #agriculture #conservation @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
BirdDRice: Reconciling agriculture with biodiversity conservation: functional equivalence and connectivity between natural wetlands and rice fields as waterbird habitats
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/10/2025
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
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Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are reshaping them.
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Eneko Arrondo @bioeaf.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
En algun lugar del frente ucraniano un drone militar graba con camara termica un zorro cazando. Atentos a la definicion de los micrmamiferos...Sera deformación profesional pero vaya abanico de posibilidades
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 03/10/2025
Sexual Dimorphism in the Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus): Tools for Field-Based Sex Determination | doi.org/10.1675/063.... | Waterbirds | #ornithology 🪶
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Tools for sex-determination of Glossy ibis in the field. #ornithology @jpgranadeiro.bsky.social
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 19/09/2025
How do your #linguistic, #economic & #gender backgrounds impact your #scientific productivity? @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social & co reveal that being a woman, a non-native English speaker, and from a low-income country is associated with a 70% reduction in productivity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n3RLRQ
Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag). Credit: Tatsuya Amano
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
During the last days, 2 of our tagged Glossy ibis left Iberia to Morocco. "Giganta", the 2nd-year bird on the left, returned to Doñana 3 days after departing. "Fugas", the juvenile on the right, seems more confident to stay. No tagged birds in the UK for now! #ornithology #tracking
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
PhD position available on climate change, cyanobacterial blooms, and human health @ebdonana.bsky.social We are looking for interested candidates, details attached. Please share.. @sibecol.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social @aillimnologia.bsky.social @aslo.org @sil-limnology.bsky.social
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The new fieldwork season in the rice fields of the Tagus estuary has just started! Glossy ibis are already gathering in large flocks during the night. #ornithology #tracking #ricefields
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CIÊNCIAS ULisboa @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Materiais de origem humana usados em ninhos de cegonhas estão a matar as suas crias: Inês Catry, investigadora de CIÊNCIAS, coordenou um estudo onde foram monitorizadas 32 colónias e 568 ninhos de cegonha-branca no Alentejo e Algarve entre 2018 e 2023. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yu42p2ue
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Cordas sintéticas usadas pelas cegonhas nos ninhos estão a matar as crias
Entre 2018 e 2023, as investigadoras captaram imagens de 568 ninhos no Alentejo e Algarve e no último desses anos analisaram semanalmente 93 deles, verificando o estado das crias.
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
We didn’t vote for you to be complicit in genocide. We voted for you to protect human rights. ‪@kajakallas.bsky.social‬ @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu — you still have time to make the right choice. #SuspendTheDeal
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Diários da República www.publico.pt/2025/07/17/n...
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O ódio vai ficar com tudo (e com as nossas reformas)
Uma newsletter de Ana Sá Lopes em que a política vai a despacho.
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Marta Acácio @martaacacio.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
In our new paper, we show that using ropes as nesting material (particularly baler twine) cause entanglement and mortality #WhiteStork nestlings. It's time to rethink our agricultural practices and materials! @inescatry.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social #ornithology #ecology #conservation 🧪
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Aldina Franco @aldinafranco.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
We found that plastic materials left in the environment are carried by white storks to their nests and then cause chick mortality due to entanglements www.theguardian.com/environment/... link to paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ueaenv.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social
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Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic
Researchers in Europe found everyday plastics, especially farmers’ baler twine, being used by the birds as a building material and entangling their young. It is a problem that affects other species to...
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Wonderful news for the people and the birds of Guinea-Bissau and the Bijagós Archipelago - a really unique place in the world! Still, a challenging future ahead! #ornithology #migration #conservation
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
An excellent PhD thesis. Birds don't understand borders, and the community of storks, ibis, gulls etc in the ricefields of the Tagus/Tajo delta is similar to that of the ricefields in Doñana, with similar conservation issues and agricultural conflicts
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Our research on waterbird ecology in the rice fields of the Tagus river basin made the cover of Hydrobiologia. You can read the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ornithology #ricefields @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @jpgranadeiro.bsky.social
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Yes, at the Tagus rice fields. There are many movements between the Tagus and Donana!
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Glossy ibis are also more into the marshes, but some still visit the surrounding rice fields.
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Take a look! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Assessing cost-effectiveness of dissuasion techniques targeting waterbirds in rice fields
In a scenario of global wetland loss, rice fields are becoming vital habitats for waterbirds, often offering abundant and predictable food resources. …
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Part of the chapters of João' thesis are already published: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Rice fields play a complementary role within the landscape mosaic supporting structurally and functionally distinct waterbird communities - Hydrobiologia
This study aims to understand how the structure and functions of waterbird communities in rice fields compare to those in other habitats within an agricultural landscape encompassing five habitats: sa...
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Yesterday, João Paulino defended his PhD thesis "Rice fields as alternative habitats for waterbirds: ecological equivalence and mutual cost-benefits for birds and rice growers". A memorable day! Congratulations João! @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @jpgranadeiro.bsky.social @drandygreen.bsky.social
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Stu Butchart @stubutchart.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The 2025 US State of the birds report shows bird population declines continue in all major habitats, e.g. grassland birds have declined by 43% & aridland birds by 41% since 1970. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S... www.stateofthebirds.org/2025/
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Still Falling: The Fate of America’s Birds in 2025
The 2025 State of the Birds report confirms that losses of America's birds are continuing and, while some species are stable or recovering, many more are in sharp decline.
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Projeto Rolieiro @rolieiro.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Spring has arrived, and so have the first rollers! Our team is working hard to provide them with the best nesting sites. Follow our journey! #ornithology #conservation
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Jeroen Reneerkens @jeroen-reneerkens.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
🚨Publication in @globalchangebio.bsky.social by Lameris et al. → Early snowmelt = earlier egg-laying, but only 2 waterfowl arrived earlier. → Over time, most arrived earlier—regardless of snowmelt or laying. → Why? Faster migration: shorter stopovers = earlier arrival. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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Migratory Birds Advance Spring Arrival and Egg‐Laying in the Arctic, Mostly by Travelling Faster
A warming climate is affecting the phenology of life on earth, including when birds migrate and start breeding. We show that earlier arrival is a general pattern also for birds travelling to the Arct...
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inescatry.bsky.social @inescatry.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
So happy to share our paper on how #WhiteStorks are changing their migratory behaviour. Check it here: 👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Mechanisms underlying the loss of migratory behaviour in a long‐lived bird
White stork populations in Iberia are undergoing a profound change in their migratory patterns, becoming mostly resident. By combining census data, GPS-tracking and genomic analyses, Andrade et al. l...
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Still a couple of days to get in touch! #PhD #ornithology #MovementEcology #tracking #RiceFields
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The European Roller is Critically Endangered in Portugal. We are working hard for this project to make some difference. #ornithology #conservation
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
📣PhD opportunity! We are looking for a candidate to develop a project on the spatial ecology of #waterbirds using rice fields. Check for the complete details below, and get in touch until the 21st of March! drive.google.com/file/d/1R8MI... #ornithology #movement #tracking #connectivity
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Projeto Rolieiro @rolieiro.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
We are working to revert the decline of the European Roller (Coracias garrulus) in Portugal, with 156 nest-boxes ready for the upcoming breeding season! How many will be occupied this year? Stay tuned! Find out more about the project: sites.google.com/view/roller-...
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Ana S. L. Rodrigues @ana-sl-rodrigues.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
France *WILL* Stand Up for Science 🧪 Friday 7 March - more information here standupforscience.fr
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Stand Up For Science France | Le 7 mars, nous défendons les sciences – parce que les sciences sont un bien commun.
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BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project 🧵1/5
Infographic map showing the six marine flyways (Atlantic Ocean Flyway, North Indian Ocean Flyway, East Indian Ocean Flyway, West Pacific Ocean Flyway, Pacific Ocean Flyway, Southern Ocean Flyway) in a spilhaus projection, and the general direction of travel by migratory seabirds
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Glossy ibis are getting well dressed and restless - a new breeding season is coming! #ornithology #tagus #ricefields
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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Are you inspired by the incredible work of early career African women in conservation? Nominate an outstanding individual for the YWCB Award, recognizing their contributions to advancing conservation biology in Africa. 📅 Deadline: 24 March 2025 📧 Learn more: conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...
A past YWCB award winner,  Itoro Archibong, holding an award trophy from the SCB Africa Region.
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Pandora Dewan @pandoradewan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Very excited by this article from Science - when asked to draw a scientists, around a third of kids now draw women! 🧪✨ www.science.org/content/arti...
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What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before
Study is based on 20,860 sketches drawn by children over 5 decades
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